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Oil & gas production in Gulf of Mexico coming back online

Oil and gas operators in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico are returning to their offshore facilities followin...

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  • Operations & Maintenance
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Equinor advancing energy transition plans

Norwegian oil and gas major Equinor has revealed its ambition to become a net-zero company by 2050 a...

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  • Transition
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Equinor makes minor gas discovery near Maria field

Norwegian oil major Equinor has made a minor gas discovery near the Maria field in the Norwegian Sea...

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  • Exploration & Production
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BP kicks off Ironbark drilling

Oil major BP has started drilling the Ironbark-1 well located offshore Western Australia. ...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Hurricane Zeta shuts-in 66 pct of U.S. GoM oil production

Hurricane Zeta has forced oil and gas operators in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico to shut-in two-thirds of ...

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  • Safety
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Operators shut-in nearly half of Gulf of Mexico oil producti

Operators have shut-in nearly half of oil production and over 55 per cent of gas production from the...

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  • Exploration & Production
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One dead after offshore vessel hits platform off Malaysia

A crew member from an offshore support vessel died after the vessel collided with an oil platform of...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Oil and gas operators brace for impact ahead of storm Zeta

Oil and gas operators are evacuating their offshore personnel from facilities in the U.S. Gulf of Me...

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  • Safety
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PSA finds 'serious breaches' on Equinor's North Sea field

Equinor has received a notification of order from the country’s offshore safety watchdog after...

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  • Safety
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Green light to Lundin for North Sea well

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Lundin Energy Norway for a...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Turkey may work with foreign firms to develop Sakarya field

Turkey stated that there is a possibility that it would cooperate with foreign companies to develop ...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Equinor gains drilling permit for Barents Sea well

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a well located i...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Karoon gets nod from Brazilian regulator to take over Baúna

Karoon Gas has received approval from a Brazilian regulator to take over the Baúna field offshore Br...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Biden to steer U.S. off oil to tackle climate change

United States President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden locked up horns in the fina...

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  • Authorities & Government
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BW Offshore to liquidate owner of New Zealand FPSO

BW Offshore has decided to place its subsidiary which owns the FPSO Umoroa in New Zealand in liquida...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Green light to Wintershall Dea for Dvalin start-up

Norwegian authorities have issued consent to Wintershall Dea for the start-up of the Dvalin field lo...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Europa O&G scores extension for Inezgane permit off Morocco

London-listed oil and gas firm Europa Oil & Gas has been granted a one-year extension for the in...

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  • Authorities & Government
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PSA launches probe into serious incident on West Bollsta rig

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has begun an investigation of the incident on the West Bollsta...

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  • Safety
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Erdoğan: Tuna-1 Black Sea discovery holds 405 bcm of gas

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has visited the Fatih drillship to announce an increase in di...

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  • Exploration & Production
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BOEM to hold next Gulf of Mexico lease sale in mid-November

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has proposed to offer around 78 million acres in a regi...

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  • Authorities & Government
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Pandemic causes steep rise in serious offshore incidents

The Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has warned that the coronav...

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  • Safety
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Equinor to use West Hercules rig for North Sea drilling

Norwegian oil major Equinor has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Safety body to investigate following Gjøa well incident

Norway’s offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA), has started an...

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  • Safety
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ConocoPhillips given drilling permit for Norwegian Sea well

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted ConocoPhillips a drilling permit for a wildcat...

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  • Exploration & Production
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Extinction Rebellion sets anti-oil banner on Holyrood

Environmental activists from Extinction Rebellion organization have climbed the Scottish Parliament ...

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  • Environment
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